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PAVING AT LAST
The move to pave short stretches
of roads in the downtown area,
as reported elsewhere in this is
sue, is a commendable one.
iWe have reached the stage in
this road situation where half a
loaf is better than none.
Paving the Benson Avenue and
Mission Road block long stretches
are particularly to our liking.
Both need it badly. We would, of
.course like to see it extended
north to inelude the road front
ing the Mirror office. But building
this strip of road has gotten so
tangled up in the red tape of not
only one but two State agencies,
that we see little hope other than
enduring dust when its good wea
ther and a lake of water when it
rains,.
The sad part of this whole deal
is that the section from Alaska
Way along Brooklyn to Rezonoff
.is probably the most traveled of
any in the City.
We have been struck by one par
ticular fact—the present Council is
very cognisant of the 'need tor
road improvement in the City —
even to the point of seeking other
means than aid from government
agencies. A healthy sign indeed
and in the right direction.
Paring Problems Slow Construction
Some of the difficulties in
volved in getting into actual con
struction, of the arterial highway
along Brooklyn Avenue, Rezonoff
and “J” Streets, was outlined by
City Manager Poland before the
Chamber Thursday.
Construction, he said, was to
liave begun by July 1, but the
Bureau of Public Roads approved
4hc appraisals on that date. This
will set actual construction beyond
the sufnmer months. Asked if he
thought construction could be done
this year, Poland stated he thought
it could.
“We are attempting to impress
on the. highway department offici
ate that this type of work can be
carried well into the fall, even
to the first of the year if neces
sary'.” He will confer with officials
in Anchorage next week, and in
Juneau at the end of the month. He
will attend a road meeting in the
capital city July 27 and 28.
Part of the difficulty at present
is having to deal with two govern
ment agencies, he said.
ADML J. RUSSELL
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manded the action against the
Japanese forces in the Aleutians
islands in 1942 as a naval aviator.
He received the Air Medal for
heroism and the Distinguished
Flying Cross.
His squadron received the Navy
Unit Citation for its part in the
Aleutian campaign.
Before stepping in to his pres
ent position, the admiral served as
the deputy commander in chief
of the Atlantic fleet.
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Here, There and Everywhere
By SIG DIGREE
Lady Taxi Drivers
The controversy which has
flared up over whether women
should be allowed as taxi drivers
in Kodiak is another phase of the
battle of the sexes—which we
thought was long since dead.
Women have enjoyed the right
to vote since the 19th amendment.
They have enjoyed the right to
work prior to that and ever since
—the only question asked is: Are
they (Qualified for the job?
We have been toted around An
chorage, Seattle and other cities
by women taxi drivers—we have
always arrived at our destination
in good shape, our nerves intact
and in good time.
Women see and hear as well as
men; their reactions are quick.
Alright, maybe they can’t man
handle a fare slightly or greatly
under the influence of the bottled
goods—but then again, maybe the
presence of a woman at the wheel
might have a sobering influence
on these gents who have had one
too many.
We’ll go along with the idea
that women who wish to earn a
livelihood driving a cab, should
take their fare wherever they find
them, and to wherever they want
to go. No doubt they will.
The female of tthe species can
generally cope with situations in
her own way and come out on top.
Driving a cab or changing a dia
per, she will usually measure up
to the job at hand.
Besides, this way, if a gentle
man prefers a blonde—taxi driver,
that is—he can always get one.
Excluding fish, 92 per cent of
Alaska’s food comes from outside
the new state, according to an AP
dispatch. A report by the Agricul
ture Department says Alaska’s
crop producing areas amount to
only one-tenth per capita for the
civilian population.
ILLEGITIMACY ON INCREASE.
Financing care of the sharply ris
ing number of illegitimate children
(now more than 200,000 a year) is
growing concern of budget-worried
officials across the U.S., according
to AMA News. $210 million will
be spent in the next year on aid to
children born out of wedlock.
Average life expectancy for a
child born in the U.S. is 69.6 years,
ROADS, HARBOR
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Bill Stone.
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT. Merrill
Coon, Frank Irick, Rev. Talbott,
Dr. Bruce Keers, Ovid McKinley,
Fred Mamaloff, Elden Lester and
a BPW representative.
City Manager Bill Poland stated
that the City is attempting to get
the Erskine estate to release prop
erty held by the heirs of W. J.
Erskine.
John Gibbons, chairman of the
Harbor committee, stated an aerial
survey is being made of Kodiak’s
waterfront. He emphasized the im
portance of the waterfront in Ko
diak’s economy, and said further
studies may bring up possibilities
“not so far thought of” in develop
ing it.
Gibbons quoted Mr. McClosky,
superintendent of the paving work
on the base-town bypass road, as
saying the paving of the road
would be completed by August 15.
Bill Poland will represent the
Chamber at the Alaska Chamber
of Commerce sponsored meeting
on roads in Juneau next month.
Poland reported to the Cham
ber that the Spruce Street play
ground was now repaired, and the
equipment in good condition. He
said the damage to the equipment
was done by vandals.
according to National Office of
Vital Statistics. This is an 11-year
increase from the 58.5 year ex
pectancy of 1956.
A U.S. citizen who has reached
the years between 60 and 65 can
expect to live another YJVz years.
U. S. wdmen outlive U. S. men
by more than six years. Figures
for 1956 show U.S. males average
66.7 years, U.S. women, 73 years.
It seems women get the last
word after all.
Book Review
The Tents
Of Wickedness
By PETER De VRIES
Published by Little, Brown &
Company, July 16, 1959
Since 1944, when the late Harold
Ross lured him to New York, Peter
De Vries has been associated with
the art department of The New
Yorker, specializing in the selec
tion of that magazine’s famous
cartoons. That he has an instinc
tive flair for recognizing the
comedy of life cannot be doubted
by readers of The New Yorker, or
by anyone who has come across
one of his own satiric novels: The
Tunnel of Love, Comfort Me with
Apples or The Mackerel Plaza. And
now his newest book, The Tents
of Wickedness, has been chosen by
the Book^f-the-month Club as part
of a Double Selection for Midsum
mer, to be distributed with R. L.
Bruckberger’s Image of America.
A satire on symbolism and “ad
vanced literature,” The Tents of
Wickedness packs a sly moral as
well: that nonconformists, for all
their brave talk, more often than
not aren’t quite up to transcend
ing convention. The protagonist,
Charles Swallow, fancies himself
a Marquandlike hero, but before
his adventures and misadventures
are over, his life has taken on
more of the tones of Faulkner. A
girl named Sweetie Appleyard
starts it all, for it turns out that
Sweetie, now a baby sitter, had
been a flame of Charles’ back in
their adolescent days, and it fur
ther turns out that Sweetie and
Charles had been involved in
rather an interesting incident in
a coal bin. Sweetie’s family would
have it that she never recovered
and that her resulting eccentricity
is all Charles’ fault. The trouble
is that Charles doesnt’ have the
sense to let bad enough alone. In
telling his story, De Vries paro
dies the style of a number of liter
ary greats in addition to Mar
guand and aFulkner—including
Proust, Hemingway, Graham
Greene, Dreiser and Thurber.
Griffin Memorial
Hospitai Notes
ADMISSION'S
Patients admitted to Griffin Me
morial Hospital the past week
were Michael Chichenoff; Wesley
Charles; Milton Munter; Mrs. Mary
Jeanne Herman; Mrs. Natalie Sim
eonoff; Mrs. Helen Durall; Irene
Kosbnfk; Marcelo Alamis; Dale
Hansen; Steven Tucker and Jack
Nyback.
DISCHARGED
Patients discharged were Tom
L. Johnson; Marlene Aga; Mrs.
Shirley Henley; Mrs. Natalie Sint
eonoff; Mrs. Helen Durall; Irene
Kosbruk; Mrs. Joyce Smith and
infant; Michael Chichenoff; Wes
ley Charles; Milton Munter; Mrs.
Mary Jeanne Herman; Mrs. Tina
Monigold and infant and Mrs. Lu
cinda Wolkoff and infant.
BIRTHS
Shirley Jean, weighing 7 lbs*, 11
ozs., was born on July 17 to Lucin
da and Roy Wolkoff.
Kenneth Cecil, weighing 11 Uhl
2 ozs., was born on July 18 to Tiaa
and Raymond Monigold.
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