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voted against the sales tax, etc ,
but let themselves be heard be
fore the election, are also to be
congratulated. The interest man
ifest is what is needed here—only
it needs to be more sustained.
Their ideas should be conveyed
to the City Council at Council
meetings, through the press and
through groups such as the Cham
ber of Commerce. If they be
lieved, and obviously they did,
that Buskin Lake is the best
source of water supply, they
should come up with facts and
figures to sustain their position.
The main point we’re trying to
put across is, Mice—don’t just
crawl back in your hole and stay
there until the next election. Re
member this—you. City Hall and
all of us are working for the same
thing—making Kodiak a better
place in which to live.
A campaign spreading rapidly
seeks to lower the retirement age
to 60 and boost Social Security
benefits to $200 a month, plus
$100 for each dependent.
The Sixty Now Incorporated, a
group with a membership from
across the nation, state as their
belief that at a level of $300 per
couple payable to those who re
tire at 60, millions of those now
working would promptly retire,
making vacancies for many of the
unemployed.
Many in the group see in the
program a step toward solving
the impact of Automation. Sup
porters of Sixty Now believe that
a total work force would be trim
med to a size industry could ab
sorb if each worker were able
to retire five years earlier.
Under the new increases in So
cial Security put into effect, the
national average is still only about
$80 a month, and two million are
drawing the $40 minimum.
The groups headquarters is at
2107 Ashland Avenue, Toledo,
Ohio.
We’re neither for or against
this, but are a little skeptical
about it sMving the unemploy
ment problem. However, it may
have merit and is worth looking
into.
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The University of Alaska has
grown steadily in quality of edu
cation and in enrollment over the
past years, according to figures
just released by the college.
An interesting item: Of the
enrolled students, 623 are men and
328 are women. 181 of the 623
men and 131 of the 328 women
are married—quite a different
story from our era of learning
when the pursuit of education was
confined to single bucks and gals.
Have you entered Alaska’s Big
Guessing Game?
There are two main systems in
this business of placing a guess.
Most people play a hunf'h or a
favorite anniversary dat<v norhnps
tempering it slightly with a smat
tering of the temperature that
winter.
Others have mathematical sys
tems. Best known of these was an
oldtimer by the name of Calhoun
who lived in the Nenana area. He
set up books like an accountant,
keeping track of ice thickness at
different points all winter. But
he never won, although his edu
cated guess came close.
At any rate, past events show
that even without a mathematical
system, the average citizen prob
ably has as good a chance of win
ning the Ice Classic as anybody.
Those hunches have paid off m
the past. Charles R. Montjoy of
Juneau won the entire pot in
1952, with just his name on a
ticket. Montjoy had chosen May
12 because it was his sister’s birth
day!
• • •
Did you Know? That the com
mon cold causes an estimated an
nual loss to the nation’s economy
of more than $3 billion_That
the common cold is responsible
for an estimated 83 per cent of
all illnesses between birth and
age 18_That the common cold
causes more than 20 million ill
nesses per year in the pre-school
age group alone.
One thing we don’t have to ask
you: Does it make you feel miser
able? No, nod be.
• • •
Don’t hesitate to shiver when
it’s cold. So says a doctor, who
states that violent shivering can
result in a three to fourfold in
crease in body heat production,
a “major defense” aaginst body
cooling from cold exposure. He
also said shivering is a more
economical producer of heat than
exercise because shivering involv
es no external work function.
Shiver away!
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Confusing isn’t it? One calen
dar consulted gave March 20 as
the first day of Spring. Another
said March 21. Noting the snow
fall on both those days left con
siderable doubt as to whether
either was correct.
Teacher Standard
Made Tougher
Juneau (fP). The state house of
representatives yesterday passed
a bill tightening educational re
quirements for teachers employed
by schools within the state. The
bill was approved by a vote of
22-16.
The measure would require that
teachers employed after Septem
ber 1, 1962, must have received at
least a baccalaureate degree from
an accredited college or univer
sity or from a school whose cred
its are approved by an accredited
institution of higher education.
Restriction would not be applic
able to persons employed by state
schools prior to Sept. 1st, nor
would it apply to persons issued
a temporary teaching certificate
under emergency conditions.
Alitak Bay
Closure Extended
The Department of Fish and
Game has announced the extend
ing of the closure of all king crab
fishing in the Alitak Bay area.
The closure, effective midnight
April 1, 1962, is within a line from
Cape Ikolik to the western tip of
the Trinity Islands and from Cape
Sitkinak to Cape Kaguyak to Two
Headed Island to Knoll Point on
Kodiak Island.
The closure is proposed to re
duce undue fatalities caused by
the handling of soft shell and
molting male king crab.
Tax bill Sets
Stiff Penalties
Juneau UP). Legislation provid
ing financial penalties for persons
required to collect state income
taxes and who fail to do so, or
fail to pay the taxes over to the
state, was okayed by the lower
house yesterday .
Under the provisions of the bill,
such persons would be subject to
a penalty equal to the amount of
the tax evaded, not collected, or
not accounted for and paid to the
state, in addition to other pen
alties provided by law.
The senate also approved a bill
granting the governor the right to
extend complimentary hunting and
fishing privilees to 20 distin
guished vsitors each year.' Each
complimentary license would be
good for ten days.
Governor Signs
Three New Laws
Juneau (/P). Three more bills
were signed into law by Governor
Egan Wednesday, including a
measure apropriating $450,000 ad
ditional for state support of
schools within incorporated towns
during the current fiscal year.
Also signed was a bill appropri
ating $69,000 for purchasing and
equipping three department of
fish and game patrol boats for
use in Bristol Bay during the com
ing season.
The third bill signed apropriat
ed $1,092.58 for reissue of stale
date warrants.
Hensel-Henley
Win Judo Honors
Dick Hensel, Dave Henley and
Gary Woody took top honors in
the Judo matches staged by the
Kodiak Judo Club last night.
Winner of the White and Green
Belt Division was Dick Hensel.
In the Brown Belt Division, Dave
Henley scored first place. Hen
sel also took first place in Open
Competition with Gary Woody
taking second place.
The matches were refereed by
Corky McFarland, Black Belt and
the timekeeper was Frank Per
kins, Black Belt.
Huge Jap Crab
Fleet Enroute
Tokyo UP!. Two Japanese crab
factory vessels left the Northern
Japanese port of Hakodate yes
terday for Alaska’s Bristol Bay
to join 13 catcher ships already
enroute.
The Japanese fleet hopes to
catch and process 130,000 cases
of King Crab—each case to con
tain 48 half-pound cans. Last
years catch was 80,000 cases.
The two factory ships which
left Thursday were the 5,859-ton
Dainichi Maru and the 5,386-ton
Tokei Maru.
The Photo of King crah Queen
contestant Peggy Heglin is by
Norman’s Photo Shop.
“You Can’t Take It With You”
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SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
NEW ARRIVALS—Rear Admiral and Mrs. Fred E. Bakutis,
USN (center), pose for their first picture in Alaska between
Read Admiral and Mrs. H. H. Caldwell, USN, after arriving at
Kodiak, Tuesday. Radm. Bakutis relieved Radm. Caldwell as
Commander Alaskan Sea Frontier and Comdt. 17th Naval Dis
trict in ceremonies here earlier today. Following the ceremony,
the Caldwells departed for Quonset Point, R.I., where he will
assume duties as Commander Fleet Air, Quonset. U.S. Navy Photo
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