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tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper and also the local news published herein.
Indifference Can Be Disastrous
Next year independent school districts as such will no longer
exist and what is now known as the Kodiak Independent School
District will serve only the school patrons within the city limits un
less steps are taken to create a borough. What is be done about it?
Little or nothing.
A $2.2 million dollar bond issue will be on the ballot in the No
vember general election to establish a vocational school in Kodiak
to provide educational opportunities for youngsters of high school
age along the Aleutian Chain. What is being done about it here?
Verv little, and very few people seem to care.
Next Tuesday Alaska will have a primary election. We have
had few in this state and it should be a matter of great interest
throughout Alaska and Kodiak, too, but unfortunately it isn’t. Few
voters have inquired about absentee ballots, and interest despite
the efforts of the candidates has been negligible. Nobody seems to
care.
No one around the island can doubt the importance of the fish
ing industry to the island—it’s our lifeblood. This year the salmon
catch has been unusually good and the only dark spot was the limit
imposed upon the fishermen. There has been much grumbling about
the restrictions. But when the season is over will that end the dis
content? We wonder. If there is a time to take action, it is now.
Slightly more than 20 years ago the American nation was handed
a severe lesson and a near-defeat because of indifference. It can be
just as disastrous on a local level.—B.M.
Aurora Borealis
Dims VOA Short
Wave Broadcast
Transmission tests carried out a*
Pt. Barrow and other Alaskan
points by the National Bureau of
Standards have disclosed that the
aurora borealis so weakens short
wave radio transmissions, that ten
tative plans for the Voice of Amer
ica to establish a shortwave broad
casting station in Alaska have been
abandoned, according to Sen. E. L.
(Bob) Bartlett.
Bartlett said the Alaska con
gressional delegation had been in
formed of the tests and decision in
a recent conference with Voice of
America officials and through a
letter from VOA Director Edward
R. Murrow, following the receipt
of a resolution of the Alaska Legis
lature requesting such a station be
placed in Alaska.
The resolution, sponsored by
Senator Walsh of Nome, had also
urged that the VOA vessel “Cour
ier” be sent to Alaska for transmit
ting to Siberia, after it is relieved
from its present assignment at the
Island of Rhodes.
EXACTING CARE
Skill, knowledge and experience are the vital hidden in
gredients that go into every prescription we fill. Your doctor’s
orders are followed exactly with pin-point precision and care.
SUNDRIES COSMETICS MAGAZINES
GREETING CARDS GIFT ITEMS
WODLINGER DRUGS
(Bert’s) Ph. 486-5211
Canadian Mother Seeks Medical Help
Mrs. Josephine Bagnarol of Vancouver, B.C., who
took the drug Thalidomide early in her pregnacy,
holds her six-month-old son Antonio whose arms
and legs are deformed, is flanked by her daugh
ters Nadine, 11, and Caroline, 9, upon their ar
rival in Boston, Mass., for treatment tor me Daoy.
Antonio is the third known case in Canada where
expectant mothers took the drug and bore de
formed infants..
—(AP Wirephoto)
Bids For School
Heating At Base
Sealed bids are being asked by
the Commissioner of Public Works
in Alaska, Richard A. Downing,
for complete installation of a new
heating system for the school at
the Kodiak Naval Station.
Bids will be received until 10
a.m. on Aug. 29.
Specifications and plans may be
obtained from the Director of Di
vision of Buildings, P.O. Box
1511, Juneau, or Robert W. Duna
way, mechanical engineer, 519
Eagle, Anchorage.
Soc. Security Rep.
Here On Monday
Your Social Security representa
tive is due back in town. Mr. Burt
Paulsen, field representative from
Anchorage will be in Kodiak Mon
day, August 13. He will be at the
Kodiak Hotel from 1:00 p.m. to
5:00 p.m. Anyone in Kodiak is
urged to make a note of Mr. Paul
sen’s visit if they wish to file a so
cial security claim or have a ques
tion about social security.
I
Much is being said about the big salmon run this year, and about
the money it will bring to our community.
How much of this money will be invested in Homes, Home im
provements, Home furnishings, or other equities of a permanent
nature, or saved for future purchasing power?
How much of this money will be on hand next year as insurance
against the possibility of a poor fishing season?
We as citizens of Kodiak should ponder these questions seri
ously at this time, and do all we can to help build equities of
a permanent nature in this community, as well as store up fu
ture purchasing power for lean years.
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KODIAK BRANCH
NATIONAL BANK
OF ALASKA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
and Federal Reserve System
u Let George Do It”
VOTE VOTE
AUG. 14th AUG. 14th
Democrat for Governor
“His story in Alaska is one of initative and courage against odds.”
GEORGE BYER — A reputation for getting things done. Editorial —
Anchorage Daily Times. “George Byer has astonished the people of Anchorage several
times.” “There seems to be no end of the ability of that man to do the impossible.”
GEORGE BYER - A reputation for his convictions and fiscal respon
sibilities. While Mayor of Anchorage, the City Council raised the mill rate from 11
to 12 over his opposition. Coordination, direction and planning reduced it to 11 mills
—now 10 mills.
GEORGE BYER - A reputation for visionary initative. His factory
fishing fleet idea is gaining prominence.
A sound proposal for fishing Alaskan waters year around.
AND
” A definite indication to foreign vessels that Alaska and Alaskans intend
to fish these waters close in, farther out both summer and winter.
GEORGE BYER’S years of Alaska public service is proof_
He’s a doer—He gets things done.
GEORGE BYER - FOR GOVERNOR - Aug. 14