Mrs. Fearn’s 2nd Graders Visit TV Station
Mrs. Edith Fearn’s 2nd grade students went to the
TV Station. Mrs. Summers, Mrs. Keim and Mrs. West
furnished us transportation to the base.
We are studying about communications in school.
We wanted to learn ''about different ways of send
ing messages.
When we watch TV we are seeing across space,
yes, across space to our receivers, News, songs and
messages travel many miles over radio waves to our
receiver sets.
We are thankful we have a TV and radio station
to send us pictures and programs, by Steven Keim
Letter to the Editor
In a recent issue of the KODIAK
MIRROR I read a letter to the
editor from Mr. F. G. Sampson, a
Navy serviceman stationed at Ko
diak. Part of Mr. Sampson’s letter
was a complaint against a reduc
tion in his housing allowance ear
lier this year, a token increase in
his pay based on the military pay
raise legislation recently enacted
by Congress, and a loss in pay
which certain of his fellow service
men would suffer as of the same
date the new salary increase was
to become effective.
Concerned over Mr. Sampson’s
statements, 1 contacted the Navy
Department asking for facts and
figures relative to the pay and al
lowance situation at Kodiak. The
following information was reported
to me:
1. On May 1 of this year, hous
ing allowances at Kodiak were ad
justed. The adjustment was made
pursuant to regulations requiirng
annual review of housing allow
ances, which are geared to current
expenditures being made by per
sonnel in a given area.
All naval stations throughout
the world, where housing allow
ances are paid, are subject to iden
tical reviews. The basis of the re
view is a questionnaire sent to all
personnel receiving the allowance
requesting information on current
expenditures for housing.
in May certain categories of per
sonnel received increases in their
allowances while others experienc
ed reductions.
2. In September, the Military
Pay Act of 1963 was enacted, pro
viding salary increases for all mil
itary personnel except those with
less than two years service. The
raises became effective October 1.
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above legislative action were re
cent administrative changes in pro
ficiency pay awards. These changes
were to be made on July 1, and the
intended result was that fewer per
sonnel would be receiving increas
ed awards. The effective date of
the changes was moved up to Oc
tober 1, however, to cushion the
effect of the reductions with the
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scheduled pay raise.
Of the 1,072 personnel at Kodi
ak, 64 were dropped from the pro
ficiency pay rolls on October 1.
Eight of the 64 had been receiving
$60 per month in proficiency pay
and their salary increases voted in
the pay bill did not make up this
loss. The remaining 56, however,
experienced changes varying from
a reduction of $5 per month to an
increase of $10 due to the cumu
lative effect of the basic pay in
crease and proficiency pay loss.
My purpose in obtaining the in
formation contained in this letter
has been twofold. First, I felt I
should investigate the changes in
housing allowances at Kodiak ear
lier this year, which the Navy has
advised me were the result of rou
tine review and adjustment relat
ed to current housing costs and
further that allowances to some
personnel were increased. Second,
I thought it should be made clear
to both military personnel and the
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