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Too Much Leniency Breeds Grime
Crime in 1960 rose 12 percent
over the previous year, and in the
firslt quarter of 1961 our country
appears headed for a new all-time
high annual record. The first part
of this year shows an increase of
10 percent in crime in American
cities, with a 9 percent jump in
murders, a 2 percent rise in for
cible rapes, and a 3 percent in
crease in aggravated assaults.
Between March 1950 and June
1961, there have been 154 individ
uals on the FBI’s “Ten Most
Wanted Fugitives” list. Of this
number, 130 previously received
either suspended sentences, parole,
or probation. The leniency granted
these vicious criminals resulted in
untold suffering by their innocent
victims.
To combat this tendency, J.
Edgar Hoover, FBI Director, has
this to say:
For a peaceful and wholesome
society, it is imperative that the
rights of law-abiding citizens be
Scholarships At
Sheldon Jackson
The second annual Wakefield
Scholarships were announced this
week by Sheldon Jackson Junior
College at Sitka.
Four $300 grants are made to stu
dents attending or planning to at
tend Sheldon Jackson high school
or Junior College. Preference is
given to young people in the Aleu
tian-Kodiak area for the purpose
of advancing in their educational
plans.
Applications are now being re
ceived at the offices of Frank
Latta,, principal, Sheldon Jackson
high school; and Fred B. Kosch
man, dean, Sheldon Jackson Jr.
College, Sitka, Alaska.
The William Lister Rogers-New
England Fish Company Scholar
ship has been awarded for the sec
ond year to Sheldon Jackson Junior
College.
Dr. Rogers of San Francisco, in
offering the scholarship, asked the
college to seek out young men or
women interested in advancing the
fisheries enterprise. Applicants
will be chosen upon admission to
Siheldon Jackson Junior College.
Interested young people should
contact Dean Fred Koschman.
Movies Of Elk At
Outdoorsmen Meet
Movies of Afognak elk were
shown by Paul Ponte and Dick
Proeneke at the meeting of the
Kodiak Outdoorsmen Tuesday
evening.
Movies on other wildlife subjects
and one on expert shooting by the
late Herb Parsons were shown. Re
sults of the halibut derby were an
nounced. President of the club,
Chuck Edris, turned in his resigna
tion, which was accepted.
Refreshments were served by the
ladies.
given at least the same respect and
consideration as the rights of law
breakers. We can never hope to
see crime abate until the perpetra
tors of evil deeds are taught the
full meaning of the old adage,
“Crime doesn’t pay.” Such a les
son cannot be taught by words
alone; only stern action in our
courts, invilving a philosophy of
making the punishment fit the
crime, and realistic administration
of rehabilitative measures can
force back the criminal pleague.
Reflections
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Eisenhower says; “All agree it is
criminal for one man to steal from
another. But over-powerful govern
ment can rob the individual just
as surely — only the scale is
grander, the stakes are greater,
and the loss far more tragic. For
what is stolen by paternalistic gov
ernment is that precious compound
of initiative, independence and
self-respect that distinguishes a
man from the mob, a person from a
number, a free man from a slave
. . . Too much government planes
off the peaks of excellence, hones
down differences, dries up diver
sity, and leaves a bleak sameness
. . . No one can stand, simultan
eously, for more individualism and
more centralized government . . .
We are against the insulting con
cept of government by Big Brother
, .. I believe deeply that continuing
deficit spending is immoral. It
forces our children to support
spendthrift parents. It visits upon
voteless youngsters a mountain of
unpaid bills. It is government by
credit card, with the bill to be paid
by our children not merely in
money but also in liberty.”
* * *
The size and power and strength
of the U.S. is seen in one simple
statistic. One-half of all the things
produced in the world are con
sumed here in the U.S. Only eight
and one-half per cent of the total
U.S. production is exported. This
means that the U.S. is so strong
that no other nation can hurt it.
Even if the U.S. exported nothing,
the economy would not suffer one
bit.”
The above was not said by Pres.
Kennedy or some prominent Amer
ican? Not a bit. The opinion was
uttered by an Arab journalist, Le
von Keshishian, who has been
travelling throughout the nation
for the past month. “Americans
don’t really know how big and
strong their nation is,” he said.
“They seem to have lost faith and
are worrying unnecessarily.”
* * »P
U.S.| hospitality came in for top
rating among European Travel
Agents when a group of them were
asked questions such as “What did
you enjoy most about the U. S. A.?
The least?” or “What twelve places
would you most like to visit?”
Low in their estimation was the
reception at customs and immigra
tion posts in this country, the tip
ping system and costs of items such
as haircuts and entertainment. Los
Angeles is the city most Europeans
wish to see, according to their
replies. Washington, D. C., Miami,
New York, San Francisco followed.
* * *
A baby sardine was happily
swimming in the ocean near his
mother when he saw his first sub
marine and was terribly fright
ened.
“Don’t worry, dear,” his mother
reassured, “It’s just a can of peo
ple.”
* * *
Someone said: The pioneers who
blazed the trails now have descend
ants who burn up the roads.”
* * *
“The middle-aged woman with
the nice figure may be only a bulge
in a girdled cage.” Changing Times.
* * *
Isn’t it true that dieting is a pen
alty for exceeding the feed limit?
• • *
The mountain boys didn’t have
enough dew on the ball Thursday
night and the “Bootleggers”
walked off with the bowling honors
in a grudge match at the Elks
Lanes.
The fellers from Pillar Mjt., hill
billy garb, whiskers and all,
brought out their shotguns, took a
bead, and fired, scoring heavily at
times, hurt the “Bootleggers’ con
fined to lay ’em down the alley for
a comfortable margin at the end.
A loving cup, filled with moun
tain dew, with a “solid gold?” bowl
ing figure on top, was given the
losers as a consolation prize.
Another threesome, a segment
of “The Untouchables,” looms up
and has challenged the “Bootleg
gers—it’s another chapter, kiddies,
in the weakly serial “Rally to our
Alley.”—Count me in for a seat.
Permits Drawn
A statewide interest in the bison
hunt to be held in the Big Delta
area next month was evidenced
when fifty permits were drawn re
cently from a total of 3,256 appli
cants.
No applicants from Kodiak were
successful, although one was
chosen as an alternate. The alter
nates were drawn only in the event
that trouble develops between the
bison and homesteader’s crops in
the area. Last year the animals
ravaged many acres of crops, and
if the fifty permittees don’t suc
ceed in stopping the animals this
fall, a few alternates may be given
permits in order to save the crops.
Residents of the Fairbanks and
Anchorage areas obtained the high
est proportion of permits: Fair
banks, 27; Anchorage area, 13.
Sunrise-Sunset
Climatology summary for August
as supplied by the U. S. Fleet
Weather Central reveals an aver
age daily temperature of 58.9 de
grees for past years with a maxi
mum temperature of 70 degrees
recorded. More than 14 days rain
was averaged, with precipitation of
.01 inches or more. The average
total was 4.32 inches, with a max
imum of 2.56 inches in a given 24
hours.
Sunrise • Sunset
AUGUST Sunrise Sunset
5 . 4:13 8:18
6 .4:15 8:16
7 . 4:17 8:14
8 . 4:19 8:11
9 . 4:21 8:09
10 . 4:23 8:07
11 . 4:25 8:04
Low tides prevailing last week
ended Tuesday with none until
Wednesday, August 23.
CHANGING TIMES
It has always taken two to make
a quarrel—these days it takes two
to make a living.
Waterfront
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capacities, in getting the crab and
salmon into the can.
But there is little doubt they are
getting an education, or at least
furthering their education.
X
Crab and salmon continue to oc
cupy the crews at King Crab, Inc.,
with both lines running today . . .
Chris Poulson was in town for a
few days, arriving Wednesday and
leaving for Seattle on the direct
flight today.
X
The fish pack is up over the pre
vious week, but is still slow, and
far below that of last year, accord
ing to Bob Simon of the A.D.F. & G.
Pack figures are as follows: 170
cases of Kings; 28,664 cases Reds;
431 cases Cohos; 71,224 cases pinks;
29,895 iChums; for a total of 130,
384 cases of all species.
The total pack this time last year
was 187,028 cases. The poor pack
is due mainly to a weak run of
Chums, and Pinks showing late.
Most of the fish are being caught
in the Alitak, 7 Rivers, Old Har
bor, Uganik, Marmot Bay areas,
with some from Cook Inlet.
Fishing on the mainland has
been restricted to three days.
Around Kodiak Island five-day
fishing prevails.
X
Del Valentine reports they
started canning at Alaska Packers
this week. So far a slow fishing sea
son, with the possibility of the pink
run picking up.
X
The wheres and why fors of the
“mystery boat” in the small boat
harbor comes to light.
The Rande A came into the har
bor the other day, with several
horses aboard. Don C. Wright, the
skipper, brought a load of sheep
and horses from Seattle to Chiri
kof Island. They unloaded the
sheep and some of the cattle at
the island, and brought several
colts here.
The horses unloaded at the is
land presented a problem when
they started to swim out to sea. but
were herded back without any cas
ualties. The Rande A will haul beef
to Anchorage come butchering
time. The boat will be berthed here
as its base of operation.
&
The Arthur H. St. Michael, and
the Morning Star, all halibut boats,
are berthed at the small boat har
bor. The skippers flew to Seattle
for ten days.
Conservationists
Meet On Tuesday
The Kodiak Conservation Club
will hold a special meeting of all
Active and Honorary members and
guests on Tuesday, 8 August, at 7
p. m. in (the Rose Room of the Civil
Service Club on the Naval Base.
New committees will be set up and
many new projects for the Club
will be discussed and voted on.
Coffee and donuts will be served
immediately after the business
meeting and a movie on conserva
tion will be shown. Visitors are
cordially invited to attend and all
members are urged to bring guests
to the meeting.
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