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VOL. 20, NO. 42 KODIAK, ALASKA, NOVEMBER 5, 1960 PRICE TEN CENTS
These Are Your
Candidates
Tuesday, November 8, the voters
in this area and to the Westward
will decide on their State senators
and representatives. The fate of
six candidates hangs in the balance.
Two of them presently hold of
fices in the state government. The
others with the exception of one
are running for office for the first
time.
A1 Owen, present Demo senator
from this district, is a long-time
resident of Alaska and this area.
A fisherman and fisih canning
operator, Owen is running on his
record as an experienced legislator.
Opposing Owen for a Senate seat
is Republican candidate. Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, a Kodiak physi
cian and surgeon, and a civic lead
er for many years. v
A newcomer to politices, John
son pledges himself to work for
any and all legislation that will
bring the most happiness to the
greatest number of individuals for
al l time.
Rep. Pete Deveau (D) seeks re
election to the State House. His
program is progress for the Kodiak
district and Alaska as a whole. He
is strongly committed to linking
Kodiak to the mainland with a
ferry system, and seeks passage of
bonding proposition No. 2.
Gil Jarvela, pilot and former
businessman, is a newcomer to
politics who drew a good vote in
the primaries. He is running on
the Democratic ticket, makes no
promises, but says he wild work
for the best interests of the area
he will represent.
Emil Kundsen, Kodiak busin
essman, former fisherman and con
struction worker, is a Republican
candidate for State Representative.
This is Knudsen’s second try for
a House seat, but the first since
Statehood.
The other Republican candidate
for State Representative is John
Trent, also a newcomer to poli
tics.
Trent has come out with his
stand on proposition No. 2. “My
vote is ‘No’ ”. Trent has stated.
“I believe in a solvent state. The
sum of $23 millon with repayment
in 30 years at up to 6% interest
presents a staggering committ
ment to our new State economy.”
Due to lateness of arrival of TV
schedule and a shortage of space
schedule and a shortage of space,
this item as well as Girl Scout and
Kodiak Baptist Home pictures
were left out. These features will
appear in next weeks issue.
AGAIN SEEK MOVE
OF STATE CAPITAL
ANCHORAGE Itf) — A proposal
for a new initiative to move the
State capital was announced here
Wednesday. It included a provi
sion that the site would not be
within 30 miles of either Anchor
age or Fairbanks.
Dt. Merritt Star of Anchorage
said the proposal was made jointly
by the capital building committee
of Fairbanks and the capital in
formation committee of Anchorage.
ALLOCATE $52,000
FOR DISTRESSED AREAS
JUNEAU (A3) — Gov. William
Egan announced this week the al
location of $52,000 in distressed
area funds among eight Southeas
tern communities harder hit by a
poor fishing season.
MCKINLEY DROPS SUIT
ANCHORAGE (/P) A spokes
man for Dr. Lee L. McKinley, Re
publican candidate for the U. S.
Senate, said Thursday that Mc
Kinley had dropped the suit seek
ing changes in the general elec
tion ballot.
John Cushing Here
John Cushing, co-owner of the
Kodiak Telephone Company, ar
rived here Thursday-from Sitka.
He will remain in Kodiak until
Christmas, supervising the install
ation of the company’s new equip
ment, and the changing over to the
toll dial system. His brother Dick,
who has been here several weeks
working on the project, went to
Anchorage but will return over the
weekend.
Polio Shots Given
At Clinic Sat.
The Alaska Division of Health
recommends that everyone should
have a basic series of 3 Salk Vac
cinations. The first two, 4 to 6
weeks apart; the third about 7
months later. This series of 3
shots should be followed by a
yearly “Booster shot”.
Anyone who has not completed
his basic series of Salk Vaccina
tions or anyone who is due to re
ceive a booster shot is urged to
atend the Polio Immunization
Clinic to be held at the Kodiak
Health Center November 5, from
10:30 to 11:00 a.m. There will be
a charge of 50c per shot for every
one over 19 years of age.
Two Badly Burned
Two men, Gondon Jensen and
Charlie Treischild, employees of
the Kodiak Telephone Company,
were badly burned Wednesday
when a cable on which they were
working broke.
The section of the cable on
which they were working was
above a house across from the
F.lks Club. Both men were rushed
to the hospital but have since been
released.
3 Girls Winners
Jerilyn Smith won first prize in
the recent contest “What the Navy
Means to Kodiak.”
Awards were presented to her
and the two runners-up, Barbara
Davis and Gail Larsen, at the Navy
League luncheon held at the “O”
Club Thursday, Oet. 27.
Mirrored Reflections
By Sig Digree
— Voting —
(Ed. note: There are those who
look upon the Congressional Re
cord, which records the sayings
of our representatives of govern
ment in Washington, as dull read
ing indeed. Naturally much of it
would come under that descrip
tive category, but once in a while a
gem of thought is expressed that
strikes the fancy and meets a given
situation. One such is offered be
low—its truth should be seared on
the minds of voters in the coming
election.)
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
CITIZEN AS A VOTER.
“The blood of freedom stains my
ballot sheet. Whatever others may
do, shall not carelessly make my
mark. I vote not because I can,
but because I must. Those that
died for this, my voice in govern
ment, had a right to expect that I
would prepare with every faculty
to use it wisely, honestly and cour
ageously. They did not die that
fools, blind partisans, or the reck
less might make a game of free
elections.
Only my secret heart knows
whether I justify the definition
of “voter” as they wrote it in the
reddening sand. If I love my coun
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