THE FRONTIERSMAN
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on O'* 21, 1947. at the po3t office
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at ralmcr, Alu.-'A.rt. uiider the Act of March 3. 1679
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*HAT YOU PAY FOR GOVERNMENT
What is government-all levels of government-cost
ing you this year?
Tax Foundation, a non-partisan research organiza
tion, estimates that each American family's share of the
‘ofal taxes to be collected by federal, state and local gov
ernments during the current fiscal year will be $2,390.
That is $113 more than the per-family total for last year.
*n the last ten years total tax collections by federal, state
ond local governments have more than doubled. Even so,
jovernment debt has been climbing steadily. The federal
oovernment's debt alone now amounts to a mortgage of
more than $7 000 on every family in the land. High faxes
o.e caused by just one thing-heavy spending. We could
‘uwer ta.'ies ana start a sensible program of retiring the
national debt if we could curb the big spenders in gov
ernment.
Patriots, who know that national insolvency almost
certainly would turn America over to the Mistaken enemies
C; ireeciom without a shot being fired, may well spend
■me and effort in seeking more information about big
spending in government and how it can be reduced This
is a.ioiher subject on which we should determine to be j
better informed tomorrow than we are today, for if has '
d vital bearing on the preservation of freedom.
•TAUNCH ally
... has happened to food prices since World
War II?
If you're a typical consumer, you'll say that they've ! 1
•oared-and, very possibly, you'll think there's a "niqger
•n the woodpile" somewhere.
If so, some points made by Miriam G. Eads, a
i ’Utrition specialist connected with Purdue University
•hould be of interest. Even though food prices have risen'
wages have risen at a substantially faster rate. Thus!
,V- r c..eeper now—in relation to incomes—than it was
> 2 vears or so ago. And the increases in retail food prices
1 been less than for most of the other goods and
services we buy.
iOCnMJSS EadS 9’VeS special n°tlce to meat orices. In
, *?r. mstance' consumers spent 5.5 per cent of their !
--.isposaole income for red meats, and received 145 I '
pounds of meat per person in exchange. Last year how
over, consumers spent only 4.6 per cent of disposable in
ome for ked meats, and received a lot more-160 pounds,
r . . -..ii -v me „ituat,o.i oy saying that red meat prices
increased only 10 per cent in the 1950-60 period while i
consurer incomes rose nearly 15 per cent.
The consumer has a staunch ally in the extremely I
competitive food industry—and in the meat industry in >
particular. T *
~ME MONEY HOAX
- > newspaper recently published a letter
trom a state senator, in which he touched on the state's
iax and revenue problems. He said: "What Oregon needs
is a source of recenue which will meet the state’s needs
wn,,e not driving business out of this state in the process.
Substantial federal aid fo education meets this descrip
tion It would supply tax relief to Oregon, while at the
time having uniform effects upon the tax climate
or every state."
Here is a scheme which would simply rob Peter
Vo oay Paul. The inference is that federal money comes
trcee, and amounts to a net gain to the taxpayers of the
.rate receiving it. Federal aid to education would have to
be paid for by increased taxes levied on the taxpayers of
<r,: fhe states, including those receiving it—plus the bill
for the heavy costs of federal administration.
The free money hoax applies to all the proposals
for extending a parternalistic, do-every-thing-for-every
body, welfare state. The federal tax bill is already more
than the grocery bill for millions of families, and the more
government gives away the higher it goes.
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ILiOW TREND OF ALASKA
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‘Mu? business population of
'"aimer followed that of the*
*fate of Alaska and increased
afiree per cent during 1961, ac
% irding to statistics released by
'u' It. Berry, district manager
if (he Seattle office of Dun &
; '.r idstreet. Inc.
Basing his facts on a physi- |
cal count of the current edi- !
» >a!i of the Dun & Bradstreet
Meforance Book, Berry re
oirfis thal at the close of
B'&G.. there were 3,023 busi
■jafesses listed in the State cf i
Alaska, and there are now
GILMER SCHOOL HEAD
! O SPEAK AT PTA
MEETING IN WILLOW
All residents of the Willow!
are invited to attend the
regular meeting of the Willow
"Parent - Teacher Association
which will be held this even
ing in the new Willow school,
.fated Janet Stout, association
president.
Guest speaker at the meeting
will be William T. Zahradni
a*k, superintendent of Palmer
ii hoois who will speak on the
survey report. “A Foundation
for Alaska’s Public Schools,”
which was prepared for the
Alaska State Board of Educa
tion.
rT'T-~ sv'll convene at
f._. ,_ .. _.iort business
we^ton. Zahradnicek will speak
at c ight o’clock, Mrs. Stout said.
3.032 businesses listed, an
average of three percent.
Using the reference book
listings as a guide, it is inter
esting to review reports from
some of the principal commun
ities of the state during the
past year:
A Greater Anchorage (in
cluding Mountain View and
Spenard) and Fairbanks both
showed a percentage drop. An
chorage listed 1.106 businesses
in 1960. but only 1,059 in 1961;
a four percent drop. Fairbanks
showed a seven percent drop,
going from 499 businesses in
I960 to 466 this past year.
The greatest increase in busi
nesses was seen in Juneau,
with a five percent gain. Ket
chikan was another city show
ing an increasing, having gone
up four percent.
The Frontiersman
PI 5-3550
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Improved depreciation al
lowances on equipment hav<
been recommended by Sec
retary of the Treasury Dil
Ion. He also urges a tax cred'
it for all new investment ir
plant equipment, saying
such moves are necessary foi
industry modernization thal
will keep this country com
petitive in world markets.
Purchasers of non-prescrip
tion sleeping pills and so-call
ed tranquilizers are bein
penny wise and pound foolish
according to an article in To
day’s Health, the America]
Medical Association's magazin
of general circulation. Tru
tranquilizers, it says, can b
purchased only with a pres
cription.
One out of five companie
listed on the New York Stocl
Exchange offers some form o
stock acquisition for its genera
employes. According to Keitt
Funston, president of the Ex
change, a study revealed thai
more than 1.6 million of these
employes—about half of those
eligible—are participating in a
otal of 248 different stock
3Ians offered by 233 listed com
panies.
According to Newsweek.
Americans spend $4 billion a
year to keep their 650 million
appliances. 46 million TV
sets, 19 million power mow
ers, and other assorted gad
gets in working order. The
biggest culprits, cost-wise,
are automatic washers and
TV sets, the magazine adds.
It also says that a great many
Americans blame both repair
men and the maufacturers
for what has amounted to a
70 per cent increase in the
appliance repair load in the
past 12 years. In rebuttal, an
executive of an appliance
producing company is quoted
as saying: "Manufacturers
try to anticipate all the pos
sible ways that a housewife
can use an appliance, but
they have never been able to
match her imagination in this
respect."
Instant travel directions are
recent service for patrons of
1e New Jersey Turnpike,
ource is the Directomat, an
utomated electronic device
istalled by Cities Service
ompany in cooperation with
ie Turnpike Authority. It is
esigned to answer clearly
ad quickly the routine ques
ons asked by motorists. At
>e touch of a button, the an
ver to any one of 120 pre-set
restions is provided within
wen seconds.
ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
**. *. H. fritz,
almar, Alaska
Divine Services 11:00 A.M.
S«"doy School 1000 a. M.
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Myth
Tax the
Corporations /
They can
afford it!
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fuai-isuta as a fueuc-sE.ivi££ ay
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Since onlv people v*r
taxes. corporation* n
aume the role of
eollectoi, and rmist a l l
the tax into the final
price pnid hy the con
sumer. When taxes %.«■
from state to state. the
manufacturer must S‘*'*v
n low tax location, i
his product or ?»*ivir
is to compete in t
national market. In M
final nwilvsU, THI.
CONSl'MKH PAYS
TICK TAX.
IN COOPERATION WITH
Aldi>krt Stats Chamber oi Commerce
NEW FALLOUT
LITERATURE IS
NOW AVAILABLE
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A brand new, ud to dab
booklet entitled “Fallout Pro
tection,” published by the De
1 oartment of Defense, Office o
Civil Defense is available to th<
| people of Alaska. Post offices
in major Alaskan cities will is
, : sue the booklets from their ser
.; vice windows upon reques'
■; from their patrons. Since tht
[ initial supply is limited, onl\
, one copy will be issued to each
I family unit at this time. The
j booklets will be available latei
through State and local Civil
j Defense offices.
The 48-page pocket-size
booklet is illustrated in yellow
! and black. It contains a fore
i word by Secretary of Defense,
! Robert S. McNamara, stating
j that the purpose of the booklet
i is “to give the American peo
! pie the facts they need to know
j about the dangers of thermonu
! clear attack and what they can
| do to protect themselves.”
The booklet also describes
the proposed national Civil De
fense program.
Although these particular
booklets are not yet available
in Palmer, copies of a survey
of public fallout shelters, di
rected by Alaska District En
gineers, are available at the of
fice of The Frontiersman. The
booklet outlines the purpose of
the fallout shelter survey.
PESSIMISTIC
j You can be sure that the fel
i low who refers to life as a
' game of chance has drawn a
j blank.
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Friday 7-9 & 9 • 11
Sat. 1-3 & 3-5 & 7-9 & 9-11
Sunday 1-3 & 3-5
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Secretary of Labor Hails
1961 Strike Record of United States
The number of man-days
lost as a result of strikes in
‘ 1961 declined significantly from
• the 1960 level and matched the
postwar low, Secretary of La
bor Arthur J. Goldberg an
nounced.
Work stoppages in 1961 also
dropped to a postwar low,
: while the number of workers
i involved was the third lowest
j in postwar history, according to
I preliminary estimates of the
] Labor Department’s Bureau of
i Labor Statistics.
In releasing these figures
Secretary Goldberg stated:
“The 1961 strike record is ex- j
tremely gratifying. It is one
more example of what free la- !
i bor can achieve under our vol
untary system. Responsible
; collective bargaining, the corn
' erstone of industrial democ
racy, is finding new solutions
to the problem of change.
Wasilla
Assembly of God
Rev Paul E, Riley,
Pastor
Sun. School _10 a.m.
Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.
Even. Serv. -7:30 p.m.
Prayer and Bible
Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Phone FR-6-3161
“I am confident that labor
and management will continue
to exercise the responsibility
reflected in these figures. The
challenges we face in the
months and years ahead are
large and significant; a contin
uous understanding between
the labor and management
communities is imperative if
we are to meet them.”
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TRAVEL AGENCY
Wright Building
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Palmer
Moose Legion 51
3lans Enrollment;
Dinner and Dance
Members of the Mt. McKin
ley Legion of the Moose 51
will hold a meeting and enroll
ment at Palmer Moose lodge at
7:30 p.m., Saturday, January
13, it was annnounced this
week.
Following the meeting and
ceremony there will be a din
ner of beaver barbecue and
moose roast, followed by danc
ing to the Moose orchestra.
There will be a $1 donation
collected per person.
All Legionnaires, Moose
members, their wives and
guests are invited to attend.
HIWAY
CHURCH OF GOD
Rev. M. L. Cowdell. Pastor
Sunday School-10 aan.
Morn. Church Serv. 11 a-m.
Evening Service—7:45 pan.
Bible Study, Wed. 8:00 fun.
Y. P. E. Friday—8:00 pjn.
Phone PI 5-3824
The Church is the greatest {actor on
catth for the building of character and
good citizenship. It is a storehouse of
spiritual values. Without a strong
Church, neither democracy nor civilize
tion can survive. There are four sound
reasons why every person should at
tend services regularly and support the
Church. They are: 11) For his own sake.
(2) For his children’s sake. (3) For the
sake of hit community and nation. (4)
For the take of the Church itself, which
needs hit moral and material support.
Plan to go to church regularly and read
your Bible daily.
Day
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Book
Proverbs
Proverbs
Isaiah
Chapter Verna
Wednesday Jeremiah
Thursday Psalms
Friday
Saturday
Philippines
I Peter
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nother. No one can ever know completely what
A ‘"ought expr^
telling And ^ T/S somethinK out of the
at a|]‘ ou&hts are never expressed
share ou^rnjnds^-fv^ to’ we cannot entirely
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