VOL. 22> NO- 14_KODIAK, ALASKA, APRIL 6, 1962 PRICE TEN CENTS
Limit Buses To Public School Pupils
Pupils going to private schools
will no longer be able to go by
ptiblic school buses, according to
word received by Ivor Schott, Su
perintendent of Schools here.
A mandate to this effect has
been issued by the Supreme Court
of Alaska, and all schools in Alas
ka have been asked to conform
to it. The announcement was
made by telegram and reads as
follows:
“The Attorney General’s office
has advised the State Department
of Education to conform to the
following mandate of the Su
preme Court of Alaska: All
State Aid To
District Schools
Juneau(A*). The House Thurs
day gave solid approval to a bill
which would create a formula for
State aid to Independent School
Districts.
The measure, Finance Commit
tee substitute for HB 420, passed
the lower chamber 39-1 after about
five minutes of discussion. There
was no opposition.
The bill now goes to the Sen
ate. The legislation would pro
vide a simple and equitable plan
for state support of the district
schools, Rep. Doris Sweeney,
chairman of the Health, Education
and Welfare Committee, told the
House. The bill specifies that the
plan will not go into complete ef
fect until July 1, 1963, providing
a two year transitional period
during which the Legislature
would be able to iron out kinks
as they arise.
The Finance Committee version
deleted any recommendation as to
required millage which the local
districts would be required to
raise as a local tax effort. The
determination would be left to the
next legislature.
The original bill would have re
quired local districts to raise an
amount equal to a four mill levy
on full value of taxable real and
personal property in a district.
Library Week
“Renew your membership” xs
the suggestion of the Library
Board during observance of Na
tional Library Week, April 8-14.
Kodiak residents are asked to
visit their library during the week.
transportation of pupils to and
from private schools by public
Authority shall be terminated at
the end of April 6. (signed) Dr.
T. J. Nordby, Commission of Edu
cation.
Tom Frost, Jr.
Is Exalted Ruler
Tom Frost will head the list of
new officers of the Kodiak Elk’s
Lodge No. 1772 for 1962-63. In
stallation services are scheduled
to be held this evening at the Elk’s
Hall beginning at 8:30.
Frost has held the office of Es
teemed Leading Knight in the
year past and now becomes the
Lodge’s Exalted Ruler, succeeding
Bob Dawson in that position. He
is co-manager of Kraft’s Super
market, and is the first Kodiak
born man to serve in the highest
office in the Elk’s Lodge.
Tom Frost
Other officers who will be in
stalled this evening are Russell
Panchot, Est. Leading Knight;
Ed Ogborn, Est. Loyal Knight;
Wally Valen, Est. Lecturing
Knight; Lorren Chester, Secre
tary; Stan Nelson, Treasurer; Ray
Shannon, Tiler; Bill Unger, Es
quire; Gene Sundberg, Chaplain;
Robert Spencer, Inner Guard; and
Eldon Lester, Trustee for five
years.
Refreshments will be served fol
lowing the meeting.
Alone: The Waterfront
The spanking-new Power Scow
Unimak of Seattle moored inside
the small boat harbor Tuesday and
Wednesday due to rough weather
at Ouzinkie. Skippered by Bill
Nielsen, the Unimak, which is crab
tendering for Ouzinkie Packing
Co., made it up from Seattle in
11 days and arrived here March
19. She has a crew of five.
&
While various boat owners were
engaged in an informal grousing
session about the boat Quadro be
ing on the small boat harbor grid
so long recently (she went on the
grid at a peak tide and subse
quent smaller tides were unable
to float her free), Louis Wick,
skipper of the Eldorado and wa
terfront wit, announced with a
straight face that -‘the Quadra is
gonna sue the city for not having
enough water in the boat harbor.”
&
A reminder to all crab fisher
men to start looking for that
trophy size king crab for the
Crab Festival.
A $50 prize will be offered for
the heaviest and also the longest.
These could be one and the same,
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McKinnon Named
Highway Chief
Juneau(/P). Gov. William A Egan
announced the appointment of
Donald A. McKinnon, veteran
South Dakota and Montana high
way engineer, as Commissioner of
Highways. McKinnon will assume
his duties April 16.
McKinnon succeeds Sam E.
Johnson, who resigned last month.
He formerly served as project en
gineer, district engineer, then chief
engineer of the St>uth Dakota
highway department.
Millikens Offer
Apples To Atoms
“Apples to Atoms” is the title
of the Millikens variety show to
be presented this year during the
Kodiak King Crab Festival.
Rehearsals have been continu
ing for the past few months as
this popular group of ladies whip
into shape a program designed for
laughs, which is expected to re
ceive equal or greater acclaim
than that of last year.
The show will be staged two
evenings, Friday, May 4, and Sat
urday, May 5, at the high school
auditorium. Tickets will go on
sale next week.
PNA Celebrates
30th Anniversary
Pacific Northern Airlines cele
brates the thirtieth anniversary
of its founding next Tuesday, April
10.
The local office will serve cake
and coffee on that day to friends
and patrons who drop in, accord
ing to Ray Martin, Airlines agent
here.
Concentrating its activities en
tirely on providing air passenger
and cargo servce to and from Alas
ka and within Alaska, the com
pany has shown considerable gain
over the span of thirty years. It
has grown from a one-man, one
airplane operation to a major air
line employing some 650 persons
with more than 200 being sta
tioned in Alaska; with an annual
payroll in excess of $5,000,000.
It has a total of $18,000,000 to
provide transportation to and with
in the State of Alaska.
The company plans to inaugur
ate Boeing 720 Jet service later
this month between the Pacific
Northwest and Alaska.
Out Of Season
Deer Costs $1500
Three navy men were fined $500
each for killing deer out of season
by Magistrate Mabel Fenner this
week. Their guns were confis
cated also.
LaVerne Brenner and Charles
Pyle were charged with killing a
deer in the Chiniak area on March
25th. Garland Skaggs, accompani
ed by the other two men, shot a
deer in the same area on March
18th.
Ovid McKinley of the Alaska De
partment of Fish and Game filed
a complaint following an investi
gation of the case.
Joint Finance Committee Accepts
$69.5 Million Appropriations Bill
Juneau Ut). The Joint Senate
House Finance Committee gave
unanimous acceptance Thursday
to an appropriation bill calling for
state expenditures of $69,422,198
during fiscal 1963. The appropri
ation bill represents a cut of
$986,617 from the amount recom
mended in Gov. William A. Egan s
budget.
The bill will be paid for by $63,
963,914 from the general fund,
$5,456,284 from other state funds
and most of the $17,298,016 in es
timated unobligated balances the
state will have on hand at the
start of the 1963 fiscal year.
The estimated unobligated bal
Crab Pot Theft
Brings $75 Fine
Nick Kasakan, skipper of the
boat Salute, pleaded guilty to a
charge of petite larceny involving
the theft of a crab pot, line and
buoy belonging to Neil Von
Scheele. The theft took place on
the crab grounds at the South
end of the Island and Kasakan
had brought the pot and buoy into
town aboard his vessel.
He was fined $75 and ordered
to make restitution of $35 for the
missing crab pot line by Magis
trate Mabel Fenner on Tuesday.
Contestants!
Crab Festival Queen contestants
are urged to come in for an inter
view, and have their pictures taken
sometime during next week. Phone
486-5123 for appointment.
ance which will remain at the end
of fiscal 1963 will be some $2.5
million.
When the bill was reported out
to the House Thursday afternoon,
all the Democrats signed “do
pass” recommendations and the
Republicans signed “no recom
mendations.” The bill contains
$350,000 for the controversial rur
al development, disaster and de
pressed area program. Gov. Egan
had recommended $200,000.
Special Festival
Edition May 4th
A King Crab Festival Edition of
the Kodiak Mirror is planned for
Friday, May 4.
Appearing on the streets on the
afternoon of the opening day of
the Festival, the issue will con
tain pictures, articles and news
stories pertaining to the crab in
dustry, as well as little known
facts concerning the giant crab.
Emphasis will also be placed on
the men and boats who are active
in the industry, offering a salute
to these men who have invested
time and money in the industry.
The first of a series of articles
on these fishermen-boat owners
appears elsewhere in today’s is
sue. This will be a weekly fea
ture of the Mirror until and in
cluding the special edition.
Advertisers are asked to plan
special advertising for the special
edition, slanted towards the crab
industry.
Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
What is described as “a shame
ful book” and is entitled “The
Liberal Papers,” is the result of
a project involving 35 Democratic
members of Congress. The con
cept of the book is a new approach
in our dealings with the Commun
ists.
We never thought it possible to
get 35 people together who could
agree on policies to be adopted in
dealing with the Communists.
But here you have that many,
and most of them Congressmen
and former congressmen. What’s
more, Marcus Raskin, who played
“a leading role in the develop
ment of the project” is employed
by the National Security Council,
our highest level strategic plan
sing agency.
Here are a few of the foreign
policy recommendations advanced
by the authors: Recognition of
Red China membership in the
United Nations.... Recognition of
Red China’s claim to Formosa and
the Pescadores.... Financial aid
for Red China.... Demilitariza
tion of West German Republic
Recognition of East Germany’s
puppet regime.... Shutdown of
American missle bases in Europe.
...Invitation to Russia to plug in
on a bi-directional DEW Line.
As stated by William E. Miller,
“the Communists in their wildest
dreams never hoped for such con
cessions.” The philosophy ex
pressed in “The Liberal Papers”
suggests that if America endures
a sufficient number of provoca
tions by the Communists without
retaliating, the Reds will drop
their suspicions of the West and
enter into a lasting peace.
Here’s a quote from the book:
“As the cold war continues, it be
comes increasing difficult for de
cent Americans, humane enough
to prefer peace to an egocentric
national honor, to be outspokenly
and genuinely anti-Communist."
Was this book written in an
opium den, and if so, what kind
of opiate are the boys smoking
nowadays? We are embarked on
a program of giving away our
money these days—now we are
asked to give away all our prin
ciples and convictions.
* * *
During the past 12 years, the
U.S. postal service has spent about
33 cents out of every $100 of ap
propriation for research, develop
ment and mechanization. This
compares with an average for all
industry of $3 out of every $100
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