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“CHILDREN AND VEHICLES”
* (Guest Editorial)
The speed limit here in Kodiak
is 20 miles per hour. This is the
speed limit throughout the entire
city limits.
How many people pay any at
tention to this speed limit within
the city? Yes. it is difficult, when
driving in Kodiak, to find anybody
that is traveling 20 miles per hour
or less. Cars just swish over the
streets at speeds up to 40 or 45
miles per hour, some even faster,
if they think there is no police
car around.
This speeding is extremely dan
gerous to children on the streets,
and to adult pedestrians It is also
very foolish because it is of no
particular advantage to anyone.
Any motorist can reach any corner
of this small city in a few minutes
driving. He or she can't save any
appreciable time by speeding.
Now at this time of the year,
children who haw just about been
cooped up indoors during the long
winter have emerged for their plea
sure outdoors. Our playground
area is limited here It is inevitable
that we have many small ones play
ing on sidewalks and streets.
Day after day. thoughtless mo
torists careen over city streets en
dangering our young children, for
no good cause what soewr. It is
simply a mania to travel fast.
We are more than very fortun
ate in regards to this form of speed
ing in that we have not had any
more accidents involving children
and vehicles than we have had
In addition to endangering lives,
speeders also raise clouds upon
clouds of dust that do our resi
dents no good: does it? Nor pedes
trians on the streets.
If we try to control this speed
ing we will be able to always main
tain the good record we have here
at the present time.
All drivers should try and keep
in their minds that speed limit is
20 miles per hour inside the city
limits. Any motorist who exceeds
this speed limit is violating a law.
If he or she is responsible for a
fatal accident while breaking a
law, he or she is certainly in the
wrong, and liable to damages as
well as prosecution.
There is no real logical reason
why speedy driving should be
fashionable on city streets. There
is little to be gained by reckless
driving, and the practice is ex
tremely hazardous in a city where
children are found on streets, and
where pedestrians have no side
walks in many areas.
We know that all parents of
small children in this city would
find life much less worrisome if
all drivers and I mean ALL OF
THEM would make a practice of
observing our city speed regula
tions.
FOR A CAREFUL DRIVER IS
A CAUTIOUS DRIVER.
Chief R. C- Vickery.
Kodiak Police Department.
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
BIRTHS
A daughter. Phyllis Denise,
weighing 9 lbs. was born on Janu
ary- 26 to Judith and Raymond
Shively.
A recent survey shows that four
out of five women haters are
women.
KNUDSEN’S OUTFITTERS
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Choose “American
Tourister Luggage.”
We have it in two smart new colors.
Remember we are opei
till 8 P. M. Fridays.
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of the company’s frozen crab.
The Alaska Packers launched
into the crab canning business this
week with two half days of can
ning. Thursday and Friday. Del
Valentine, superintendent, says
’We're in business. All we need
now are the crabs.”
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The EXPANSION was in at the
City Dock from the Westward and
left Thursday for Seward. The
Liberty-type ship, the FORTUNA
is expected in tonight, and will
pick up king crab from the can
neries. The TATALJNA is expected
in Wednesday on her usual month
ly voyage.
As a bit of news from the West
ward. the tug HERCULES, be
lieved to be a Puget Sound Tug
Company boat, requested assist
ance from the Navy at Adak early
Thursday morning, reporting she
had lost her propeller. She was off
Shemya towing a 300-foot barge
with vehicles bound for Adak. The
Navy tug CHICKASAW was sent
to take the tug in tow. and bring
her to Adak. and are due in about
9 tomorrow morning.
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PTA Bake Sale
The PTA president- Dr. Bruce
Keers announced a bake sale to
morrow at both Krafts and D & A s
Stores from 9 a m to 2 p m.
Home baked goods will be sold
during that time in aid of the PTA.
KODIAK PUBLIC
SCHOOL
MENU
MONDAY — Baked Beef. Hash.
Buttered Carrots. Sli-ced Peaches.
Bread - Butter M2k_
TVESDAY — Hot Dog on But
tered Bun. Potato Salad. Carrot
Sticks. Fruited Jeflo. Milk
WEDNESDAY — Baked Lima
Beans with Ham. Coleslaw. Hoe
Buttered Corn Bread. Plums. Cho
colate Milk.
THURSDAY — Turkey Fricas
see on Rice. Buttered Spinach.
Custard Padding. Bread - Butter -
Mflk.
FRiDAY — Egg Salad Sandwich.
Buttered Hot Vegetables. Cookies
Fruit - Milk.
Soup for High School)
Mirrored Reflections
By Big Digree
It would seem from reading the
papers that everybody is going off
into space these days—the gover
nor of this vast Alaska; the new
president of the United States; and
a smart chimpanzee.
The latter went 155 miles into
the air, quite a feat for anyone
and came back alive! But he got
there by means of a rocket. He
landed in the sea. but when he was
fished out he was received with
all the honors of a visiting digni
tary. His first act was to shake
hands with the veterinarian who
was on hand to greet him.
This is a great stride in the
planned scientific experiments to
send a man into space.
• • •
The governor went off a little
into space, too, in proposing in
creased services, etc. for the State
and then in the next breath sug
gesting to the legislature that in
come tax be increased a further
2 per cent. That is an easy method
of raising money. Just about any
body can do that—until the point
is reached when the taxpayer can’t
pay anymore. We have just about
reached that point now.
• * t
On the National front, highlights
of Pres. Kennedy's message to Con
gress reveals a stepped up pro
gram all down the line from the
nations economics, finance and na
tional security. This means more
aid to the unemployed .to the aged,
to schools, to foreign aid and more
expenditures for defense. He wants
to expand the food-for-peace pro
gram, organize a national peace
corps, and wants increased author
ity from Congress to use economic
tools in eastern Europe. And of
course expand the missile program.
These are all noble aspirations
in themselves But, they again cost
money. This money isn't going to
come from existing funds of the
government—the next step will be
raise taxes. When are we going to
’.eam that a government has to
come down to earth as individuals
do and live somewhere near with
their means.
• * •
Let's forget about taxes and get
back up into space again. It's more
fun. A new satellite. Samos II. is
now circling the globe every 95
minutes since it was launched
Tuesday Achieving polar orbit, its
path carries the satellite at altitu
des ranging from 300 to 350 miles
The orbiting vehicle is equipped
with cameras to photograph ground
terrain and sensors to record elec
tro-magnetic radiation. It can be
made to transmit information as
it passes over stations where data
can be reproduced, stored, inte
grated and interpreted by auto
matic display equipment.
Signals from Samos II were be
ing picked up here at Kodiak, and
telemetry stations at Van den berg
Air Force Base at Oahu, Hawaii
* * *
I read with interest the com
ments made by senators in the
hearing before the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs of the
United States Senate as they met
with Mr. Stewart Udall, Secretary
designate of the Department of the
Interior.
Sen. Earnest Gruelling (D-Alas
ka) and others sought Mr. Udall’s
views on power developments par
ticularly in the Northwest and
Alaska. From the replies of the
Secretary-designate, it would seem
he favored development of this
great resource, and would act in
the public interest in making de
cisions vital to these areas. Alaska
may yet come into its own with
such a man in the saddle in a De
partment of government that cer
tainly will control her destiny.
Need Ice To Hold
Meeting At Lake
The next meeting of the Kodiak
Business and Professional Women’s
Club is scheduled to meet at the
home of Mrs. Etta Edris on Island
Lake. The meeting night is next
Monday at 6:30.
Whether the meeting will be
held there will be determined by
the condition of the ice on the lake.
In the event there is a thaw and
the ice not sufficiently firm, the
meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. Marjorie Knudsen.
Members are asked to contact
either Mrs. Edris or Mrs. Knudsen
prior to the meeting for further in
formation.
GAME NIGHT
Every Wednesday
8:30 P. M.
at the
ELKS CLUB
WHArS TOUR SAVINGS PURPOSE
Whether you are saving for a home,
a car, your retirement years,
or something else,
steady savings pays off!
Money pat aside regularly in a
savings account here soon builds
up to a worthwhile fund.
When you attempt to buy or build
a home the first question is,
How much can you pay down?
How much can YOU pay down?
KODIAK BRANCH
NATIONAL BANK
OF ALASKA
Member FedefM Deposit insurance Corp
| and Federal Reserve System