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Matters Not To Be Discussed
A release from the Anchorage Chapter of the Alaska State
Employes Association this week announces the fact that there was
a unanimous response to the idea of time and a half for over 40
hours work per week, and that the question of whether to push for
a 37% hour week would be held up at this time as it would make a
desirable bargaining point in further discussions of employe pay
raises or other beneficial legislation.
Naturally, nothing was said about putting in a full 40-hour
week for the taxpayers of the state of Alaska or suggestions to im
prove their service to the people.—B.M,
Fires Can Be Prevented
This week is Fire Prevention Week which brings to mind that
hardly a week passes in Kodiak when the fire siren doesn’t sound.
Th work of liie Kodiak Volunteer Fire Department goes on
week after week that little heed is paid to its importance. Neverthe
less, we would like to pause and pay tribute to the volunteers for
their work of the past year and years before that, and the comfort
in the knowledge that we can count on them in the future.
Most firee can be prevented by care in disposing of matches
and cigarettes; in careful handling of inflammable liquids; by keep
ing your home free of combustible rubbish; by making sure your
electrical wiring is adequate: by keeping your heating plant in good
working order.
Day after day, we can count on the volunteers, but, you too,
have a part to play in fire prevention.
Not Too Interested
We could be wrong but at Tuesday’s hearing before Under
secretary of State William Herrington and Bureau of Fisheries rep
resentatives, there seemed to be an air of “we’re sorry boys, but
there isn’t much we can do about it.”
Not even after Gov. Bill Egan pointed out that “We keep back
ing away from the Russians, and we are following a path of fear of
Russian advances,” could we detect any cause for alarm on the part
of the federal officials.
They appeared at the hearing as if they were assigned to a
task to which they had little or no enthusiasm, but would sit it out
and listen to the complaints.
Heartiest applause of the evening went to Oscar Dyson when
he said, “Sooner or later we must take a stand.”
Looking back over the past 15 years—a stand is the last thing
the State Department wants to take, and now we find ourselves with
our back to the wall off the coast of Florida and along the Alaskan
coastlines. It’s a shame—B.M.
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Chamber Selects
Borough Quartet
President Art Brooks of the Ko
diak Chamber of Commerce ap
pointed four members to repre
sent that organization to the
borough organizational group, he
announced Thursday.
The four named included Dr.
Don Fenner, Russell Wright, Ed
Franklin and the Rev. Fred Mama
loff.
Tourist Facilities
Needed In Alaska
Kodiak or any other community
presently could not handle one
third of the tourists we would like
to have, Bob Ross, GOP candidate
for the Secretary of State in Alas
ka, told the Chamber of Commerce,
Thursday.
•'While we are begging for tour
ists in the state, the fact is that
nowhere do we have accommoda
tions to take care of them,” he said.
With the ferry scheduled to be
operating in the future, it would
pay Kodiak to look towards that
end, he concluded.
Ross was the guest of Chuck
PoweH.
Another guest was Larry Gil
bert, Anchorage contractor, the !
guest of George Cornelius.
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Alou Spears Elston Howard’s Drive
Felipe Alou, San Francisco Giants left fielder, dashes back to left
ield barrier at Yankee Stadium m New York to make back-handed
:atch of long drive by Elston Howard of the Yankees. Action took
dace in second inning of the third World Series game on Oct. 7.
—(AP Wirephoto)
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