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.Reflections
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?y can. But what to do with them
flow is the all important question.
iJail? Juvenile Detention home?
poster home? Certainly, they need
care and guidance,
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iWe are of the belief these kids
re fundamentally no different
han thousands of American kids
jail over the nation. Given a good
^environment, loving care, guid
ance, instilling a feeling in them of
being wanted—they can yet be
come good citizens,
t Then, as the heart is saddened
*>y a tragic episode such as this,
along comes Glenn with a notable
jachievement that fills you with
pride and lifts your spirts high
fence more. Ponder this: It is not
impossible or improbable that one
of these boys, even yet, may grow
•to contribute something worth
while to human progress, or just
plain good citizenship. It is a
■thought that should be explored
when dealing with them.
An educator gave a test to 1,137
sixth, seventh, and eighth grade
students in a Midwestern school
system.
He found the students had in
vented 50 different ways to spell
“calendar;” 59 variations of “re
quire;” 64 variants of “fortune”
and 160 different spellings for
“universal.”
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Bas relief on the 562-year-old
Godeness Dachi building in Vienna,
archeologists reported last week,
depicts two dancers performing
for Emperor Maximilian and his
wife. Their dance, the historians
concluded, is unquestionably the
Twist.
Lloyds’s of London has an in
surance policy against “twistitis.”
The company issued a 10,000
pound (No. 28,000) policy to cover
fees, hospital, and other expenses
incurred by a person injured while
doing the Twist.
i—
Lloyd’s added a rider that the
injuries must be incurred in a gen
uine twist and not in an old-fashion
ed rock and roll.
—Reuters
Twist yourself out of that one.
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OLE JOHNSON COOKS
BILL STONE’S GOOSE
Tragedy struck this morning at
the Kodiak Baptist Mission when
a goose, alarmed by a dog, flew
up in the air and hit the Kodiak
Electric Company power line.
Ole Johnson, manager of the
power co-op, said the goose was
very dead and well cooked.
Letter to the Editor
What is going on at the Cold
Storage Plant is a question in a
lot of people’s minds and I am
sorry that we have not let the pub
lic have our side of the story.
It first started out with the car
penters losing their fringe bene
fits and the company refusing to
restore them. Then the Labor
ers were also being underpaid and
their fringe benefits were not paid
in. So we all banded together and
wanted it all settled together. The
carpenters Local here belongs to
the Western Alaska Building
Trades (which is all Construction
Unions banded together under one
Council). This is to help one an
other in just such a labor dispute
as this is. These Building Trades
agents came over to give us a
helping hand in this dispute. But
this has all been to no avail as our
Cold Storage builders have re
fused to negotiate with all the un
ions at one time. To negotiate
with one at a time would mean
the plant would be tied up in
strikes all summer as each union
had to negotiate separately. We
as a body are holding out for a
complete settlement of all the
trades at one time. It is the fair
est way for both Union and Build
er to come to an agreement.
Art Wickman
Business Agent of Carpenters
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oni nued from Fa e 1)
.ummation of his findings to
“Chuck” Powell, president of the
Kodiak Chamber of Commerce.
Arthur J. Sexauer, of Fair
banks, in a speech before the Jun
eau Chamber of Commerce, ex
pressed considerable doubt that
such a plant would be feasible in
Alaska. Sexauer has made quite
an exhaustive study of the possibil
ity, visiting the Fouke Fur Com
pany of St. Louis, and talking to
other fur processors, both in the
principal cities in the U.S. and
Canada where skins are processed,
as well as several in Alaska. All
agree that to obtain the high qual
ity of furs as now produced by the
Fouke company, a great deal of
experimentation would be re
quired, exhaustive research car
ried out and considerable money
be spent.
Sexauer quoted Fouke as say
ing a study of Alaska was made in
1960 with a view to locating in
Alaska, but the cost factor was
prohibitive. He also stated that
only four men in his firm know
how to mix the special dyes that
they use and which they do be
hind closed doors.
A letter from Mr. Isadore Berg
ner, of the International Fur Cor
poration, in New York, stated in
part: “I do not hesitate to make
this statement to you that years
would elapse before anyone could
achieve the level of perfection
which has been achieved by the
Fouke Fur Company in the pro
cessing of Alaska fur seal. . . .with
every advantage (as fur proces
sors) in our favor, we still tel)
you that it would be virtually
ridiculous for anyone to undertake
this backbreaking job. . . Given
the same set of facts in a differ
ent industry of broad public appli
cation with unlimited supplies of
raw materials, a different labor
picture, and so on and so on, by
all means we would utilize our
vast accumulated experience com
petitively.”
Sexauer stated he ran into this
sort of statement everywhere he
/went. He concluded his speech by
stating that the Alaska seal skin
coats, when advertised as “pro
cessed by Fouke” bring the high
est prices.
“I firmly believe no responsible
firm will make the claim that
they can turn out the same qual
ity product as is being produced
today,” Sexauer stated, “without
spending an enormous amount of
money and several years of trial
and error.”
Water Pollution
(continued from page 1)
that Anchorage had the problem
when an access road across the
Ship Creek watershed was con
structed. He said this plant is
nearing completion at a cost of
$1,800,000.
“A review,” he said, “of coliform
data for Kodiak water supply for
the past two years shows that the
monthly average of MPN is crit
ically close to the borderline fig
ure of 50. A study of water qual
ity at Kodiak also reveals a great
deal of diffusion of removable,
finely diminished Kodiak soil
which may be flushed into the
water system,” the Commissioner
stated.
He warned against pollution of
the water here, pointing out that
Kodiak is dependent upon the ac
ceptance of its seafoods in out of
state markets.
His observations were in refer
ence to the proposed routing of
the Ouzinkie road. This road
would wind through the Kodiak
watershed. A copy of the letter
was received by the Chamber of
Commerce and the City Manager
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WORLD’S FAIR SITE. Above are some of me scenes me iving
Crab Festival Queen and holders of lucky tickets in the drawing
to be held during that celebration will see. Tickets will go on
sale next week. No Queen contestant has filed as yet, but several
organizations and businesses have indicatied plans to enter a candi
date.
Looking northwest, this aerial view of the Seattle World’s Fair
site near the shores of Puget Sound shows 600-foot Space Needle
at left surrounded by many exhibit buildings in final construction
stages. Monorail from downtown Seattle curves into fairgrounds
from lower left, terminating at the State Armory building which
will be used for Pacific Northwest exhibits. Huge Century 21
Coliseum with pointed roof is at center. ((/P)Wirephoto)
Park Munseys
Enroute Back
Park Munsey, Kodiak big game
guide, vacationing in his native
state, New Hampshire, gained con
siderable publicity on leaving the
state on his return trip to Alaska.
Flying his own plane, Munsey,
his wife, and five children, left
here in December for a visit to
Laconia, N. H., where they visited
his parents. Leaving shortly, they
plan to go to West Virginia for a
short stay prior to winging their
way back to Kodiak.
On leaving Laconia, the Mun
seys went to Concord and were
greeted by New Hampshire’s gov
ernor, Wesley Powell, who also
entrusted to them greetings from
him to Gov. William Egan.
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The only reason a great many
American families don’t own an
elephant is that they have never been
offered an elephant for a dollar down
and a dollar a week.
Buying what you do not need is an
easy road to needing what you can
not buy.
A man can’t even blow his own
horn nowadays until he completes
all the payments.
If you want economy, never let an
economic question get into politics.
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