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VOL. 21, NO. 49 KODIAK, ALASKA, DECEMBER 8, 1961 pRICE TEN CENTS
Vehicle Licenses
On Sale Dec. 15
Car license plates go on sale lo
cally and throughout the state on
Dec. 15. Present plates are good
until Feb. 28.
Vehicle licenses have increased
this year, with a different formula
set up for determining charges.
The weight of the car determines
the cost. Private car licenses have
increased in cost to $30. Pickups,
trucks and other commercially
used vehicles will be charged for
according to the following scale:
3,800 pounds or less, $35. 3,801
pounds to 12,000 pounds, $60. For
hire plates are now $50. They were
$40 before.
The small boy with the motor
scooter has to pay an additional $5.
His plates will cost his $15 instead
of the present $10.
In announcing the above sched
ule of prices, Mrs. Lou Veerman,
issuing officer here, further stated
that her office will be moved down
stairs in the Bank building. Office
space on the ground floor will be
shared with the Chamber of Com
merce. License plates will be sold
from that office from Dec. 15. ,
Drivers licenses will be issued
only on Saturday. They will be is
sued in the office upstairs. Drivers
licenses are $5 for three years.
Senator And Wife
Heme From Japan
State Senator and Mrs. A1 Owei
returned Monday from Califbrnii
and the West Coast, after complet
ing a trip to Japan.
Sen. Owen is a State representa
tive on the Advisory Board for th<
North Pacific Fisheries Commis
sion which met in Tokyo, Japai
last month. Questioned as to th<
results of the meeting, Sen. Owei
stated he was disappointed in th<
accomplishments of the sessions
particularly dn -the field of kinj
crab fishing which he said received
very little consideration.
“Alaska,” he said, “did not have
a qualified king crab biologist at
the meeting, which weakened the
position of the State considerably.”
Owen said Alaska was well repre
sented at -the meeting with a large
delegation being present, many of
them non-government officials. He
felt, however, the evidence pre
sented as regards salmon origins,
3tc., would act as a deterrant to
Japanese fishing in Alaskan wa
fers.
Senator and Mrs. Owen enjoyed
heir stay in Japan. They returned
3y way of Los Angeles and Seattle,
/is it ing relatives on the way. They
-eturned to their home at Uganik
Bay on Wednesday.
Fallout Shelter Survey Now On
A public radioactive fallout shel
ter survey, conducted by the U. S.
Army Engineer District, Alaska,
has started this month, with final
plans now shaped up by that
agency. The survey is part of the
national Civil Defense program.
The purpose of the survey, to be
done under contract by private en
gineer-architect firms, is to locate
and mark existing buildings and
other facilities such as mine shafts
and tunnels which provide ade
quate shielding against radioac
tivity resulting from a nuclear
weapon attack. The designated
shelters will be set aside for use
by the public in an emergency.
“The most serious threat to our
survival is not posed by bombs, no
matter how large”, Col. C. Hanbur
ger, District Engineer, stated in a
speech recently. “Dr. Edwin Tel
ler, father of the H-bomb, has said
that nine out of ten Americans
would survive an all-out attack
with nuclear weapons. This vast
majority would continue to survive
if they have adequate protection
against fallout, the horrible after
math of a nuclear holocaust.
“To survive fallout, we must pre
pare shelters while there is still
time,” Col. Hanburger went on to
say. “Essentially shelters afford
adequate shielding against radio
active fall-out that would be needed
for about two weeks after an at
tack.”
Architects or engineers under
contract will make the survey of
existing structures in Alr3ka, ac
cording to the engineer. The An
chorage vicinity is the first sched
uled. The survey will soon cover
all communities in Alaska.
NO TV SCHEDULE
TV fans will miss the TV sched
ule this week, which has been a
regular feature. Sorry, no JV
schedule received.
Wakefield Man Hit By Spinning Prop
Joe Simpson storekeeper at
Wakefield’s Cannery at Port Wake
field, is in the Griffin Memorial
hospital in a critical condition after
colliding with a spinning propeller
Wednesday afternoon.
Gene Kingston, pilot of the
plane, a Kodiak Airways Widgeon,
was revving up the engines pre
paratory to takeoff, when he no
ticed Simpson running towards
him. He shut off the engines, but
not soon enough, and Simpson was
struck in the head by the revolving
propeller, opening it to the brain.
Simpson was put aboard the air
cv- ft and was flown immediately to
the Griffin Memorial Hospital. His
condition is extremely critical.
Simpson was taken to Seattle to
day to be placed in the care of a
brain specialist.
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Elks Memorial
Service Sunday
ice will be held at the Elks hall
Sunday beginning at 2 p. in.
The service is in memory of the
members who have passed on and
it is mandatory for alii Elks to at
tend. The service will be provided
by the Lodge officers with special
music furnished.
The public is invited to attend.
Kodiak Loses One
In State House
JUNEAU m — Gov. William
Egan has issued the long awaited
t proclamation on the reapportion
i ment of the House of Representa
. lives. Kodiak is allotted one repre
sentative.
It follows, with one exception,
, the recommendations made by the
' reapportionment advisory Board in
( 'September. In a lone change, Gov.
Egan transferred the small com
munity of Anaktuvuk Pass, in the
Brooks Range, to other districts.
The biggest change saw Egan
! cut the number of election districts
from 24 to 19. As expected, the big
10th (Anchorage district) the
heavy gainer in House renumbered
district 8, will have 14 seats in
40-seat lower chamber instead of
the present 8.
The new apportionments take
effect in the 1963 legislature. First
elections next fall. The 1962 legis
lature is not affected.
The reapportionment setup for
the House includes No. 11, Kodiak,
one representative; No. 12, Aleu
tian Islands, one.
Kodiak and the Aleutians will
continue to have one senator.
Freight Lines To
Utilize Ferries
KETCHIKAN (/P) —Plans for a
trucking system to serve all of
Southeastern Alaska cities from a
base in Seattle through use of the
new Southeast ferries is announced.
The new firm will be launched
by Puget Sound Freight Lines of
Seattle, but will be incorporated
in Alaska, Howard K. Lovejoy, Se
attle, President of the freight lines,
said. He said the plan is to haul
tractor-drawn trailers on highways
through British Columbia to Prince
Rupert, load them on ferries for
Southeastern calls and deliveries.
Rifle Range Here
A small bore rifle and pistol
range is scheduled to be set up in
the Kodiak National Guard Armory
in the near future.
As soon as the 50-foot range is
set up the unit will participate in a
competitive marksmanship pro
gram within the 3rd Battle Group
of the Alaska National Guard.
Other units will be participating
from Fairbanks, Anchorage, Jun
eau, Sitka and Ketchikan. Seven
matches will be held before annual
guard encampment in March, when
the two top teams will have a
shoulder to shoulder shoot to de
cide the winning, team. Sgt. Reyn
old L. Morris has been appointed
NCO in charge of the program for
the local unit.
Three local guardsmen attended
a Battle Group conference in Ju
neau last week. They are Capt.
Arnold S. Bjerkcn, company com
mander, SFC Charley E. Miller,
and S/Sgt. Robert Norman, unit
administrator. Capt. Bjerken will
return next week after attending
a seven-day cold weather and moun
tain school at Fort Greely.
The unit rc ently received word
that local residents 20 and 21
years of age with no prior service
may now join the national guard.
1 Any local resident may inquire at
l the Armory as to obligations in
eluded in joining the Alaska Na
tional Guard.
The Need For A Home Rule Charter
By BILL POLAND
Kodiak City Manager
During the span of years from
1913, when the first territorial leg
islature was formed, until state
hood was achieved in 1959, all cit
ies in Alaska were subject to and
limited by the laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska pertaining to Mu
nicipal Corporations, which laws
were enacted as a general restric
tive measure by which all Alaskan
cities were governed. Under this
general law, municipalities were
restrained from acts which were
not specifically authorized by ter
ritorial law. If a particular city had
a unique problem of a purely local
nature, and the method or means
of combating it was not specifically
written into State law, such cities
had to live with that problem as
best they could.
The far-sighted architects of the
Constitution of the State of Alaska
recognized this intolerable situa
tion at the Constitutional Conven
tion at Fairbanks in 1956, and took
steps to rectify it. In Article X,
which is devoted to local govern
ment, Section I states: “The pur
pose of this article is to provide
for maximum local self-govern
ment units, and to prevent dupli
cation of tax-levying jurisdictions
A liberal construction shall be
given to the powers of local govern
ment units.” Section 9 of Article X
provides for the adaption amend
ment, or repeal of home rule char
ters and for the submission to the
qualified voters of the local unit
for approval or disapproval of said
charter. Section II of Article 10
states: “A home rule borough or
city may exercise all legislative
powers not prohibited by law or
charter.”
In 1959 the State Legislature im
plemented the directive of the Con
stitution by enacting Chapter 196,
SLA 1959, which requires:
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No Night Sliding
“There will be no sliding at
night,” according to Chief of Po
lice Vickery.
The statement was made earlier
in the week following the big snow
fall. “Its too dangerous”, Vickery
stated.
He also warned against walking
on the road going the same way as
traffic. Pedestrians should always
• walk facing the oncoming traffic,
• he said. Several close calls lately
. prompted the warning.
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
Up She Goes Again. Things are
on the up and up alright. Licensing
of cars has gone up. You now pay
at least another $10 for driving
along our bumpy roads. Normally
you expect and receive some value
for an increase in prices. Not as
far as your car is concerned you
don’t. It’s the same old roads, main
tained a little less each year. We’re
paying about what our relatives in
the south 48 pay for licenses, sans
the privilege of a little macadam
ized surface.
Wear and tear on the car with
roads such as we have ought to re
ceive some consideration when
prices on licenses are set. That
item alone is a heavy drain on the
car owner’s pocketbook. Oh well,
we know these surveys cost money,
especially when they have to be
repeated so often!
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Then the kid with a motor scoot
er—even he has to ante up another
five bucks. But there is still a
Santa Claus, kids.
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Maybe we sound a little sour, but
we’re sitting with our feet in about
a half-inch of water. Our street
reached the near flood stage again,
and we spent a few hours mucking
out. This condition was due to two
things—condition of the road in
front and inadequate drain, also
in front.
Can you wonder we can’t drum
up any enthusiasm for the higher
cost of riding on these streets?
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Kodiak will now have to go selec
tive in her choice of a representa
tive at Juneau—under the reappor
ticnment, Kodiak will have only
one representative.
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Hats off to the people of Ninil
chikl From an article in the Inlet
Courier, a weekly published in
Homer, we learn the community of
Ninilchik built an access road to
the beach at Deep Creek for a total
of $2,072, a road sorely needed by
the residents for at least 10 years.
According to the article, it was sur
veyed several times by the state
at a total cost of no less than
$5,000. Cost of construction was es
timated by the state at $14,000. The
writer is probably right when he
said it would have cost no less than
$19,000.
This is something for the Island
Lake residents to think about! Or
any community for that matter.
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They do things different in Mi- ;
ami. The city sewage crew was go- .
ing to put in a manhole in a certain »
spot near an upgoing building, ac- !
carding to the Miami Herald, but
the architect for the new building
spotted eight trees for the sidewalk
on the south and west sides of the
building. The to-be-built manhole I
didn’t go in because it would “louse ■
up the planting of a tree.” •
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Now we’ve found out why music J
in a certain supermarket here. I
There’s a scientific reason. Music !
hath charms to soothe the super- j
market shopper and get him or her •
to buy more than in a non-musical .
atmosphere, according to a study ;
conducted by Cornell University in
Ithaca, N. Y. stores. Eight out of i
ten shoppers like the music, the t
survey showed. They like it clearly T
audible but not distracting, and
mostly in the light classical or m
erately popular vein.
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Fishery Chemists are looki
new ways to lock in the ess
nutritives of fish foods. One
lem: unlike many forms of
which improve with controll
ing, fish are a* their b t -vh,
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