the frontiersman
Entered as second class matter on Oct. 21. 1947, at the post office
at Palmer. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879
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MARY E. MORGAN
Publisher
News Editor
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NOW IS THE TIME
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
has urged President Kennedy to call a national con
ference on energy resources. The Association's general
manager, Clyde T. Ellis, said there is "great urgency in
the need to focus attention on the development and
conservation of the nation's energy resources."
Change the word "nation's" to "Alaska's" and
double the "great urgency" and that statement makes
a fair picture of Alaska's power needs. Recent news
of Matanuska Electric Association expansion to meet
growing demands, and the push for development of
coal mine-mouth seneration plants underlines the nation
al co-op's comments.
Ellis says further, "Today this nation is faced with
severe economic competition worldwide and if we are
*o meet this competition, it is mandatory that we develop,
yilize, and conserve our natural resources to the full
est." Pointing out that U. S. electric power consumption
doubles every seven to ten years, Ellis said, "Power
development, like the space program, requires extremely
ong lead time in planning, engineering and construc
tion."
Power consumption would double much faster in
•Alaska if the generation and transmission facilities were
here. Alaska must do what Ellis says cannot be done—
'accomplish overnight" the planning and construction for
the necessary power development.
CITIES LEAGUE
NAMES BERRY
TO BLM BOARD
The executive committee of
the League of Alaskan Cities
recently endorsed Don Berry
as the cities’ representative on
''he proposed Bureau of Land
Management State Advisory
Board.
It was the consensus of the
League directors that Berry in
nis capacity as agent for all the
major cities in the state, could
nest represent the interests of
he municipalities on a state
wide basis.
The proposal as originally
received from R. R. Robinson.
State Director of the BLM.
would establish a nine- or ten
member board which would
act strictly in an advisory ca
pacity to the Bureau’s profes
sional staff. Robinson has re
quested representatives from
the following major land or re
sources interests: grazing, for
estry. minerals, soil conserva
tion. urban and suburban com
p: xes. and general area econ
omic development agencies.
Members of the Board are
formally appointed by Inter
ior Secretary Udall and it is
Tioped the organizational meet
ing can be held this summer.
Subsequent meetings will be
held at the call of the State
Director but will not exceed
two a year.
Since nearly 63^ of the pub
lic domain land is located in
Alaska, the public land policies
and procedures of the BLM arc
.itally important to all Alas
f-cans.
{\ MYTH
The things that go without
ayingmust have escaped some
if the glib talker’s attention.
m A CALENDAR OF
IFact and
’uDinion
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Representative Van Zandt
of Pennsylvania asks a ban
on St. Lawrence Seaway pro
motion using tax dollars or
toll revenues. In his view,
if the Seaway is benefitting
Great Lakes port cities, "it
is clearly detrimental to
ports such as New York, Phil
adelphia, Hampton Roads.
New Orlenas and Galveston,
as well as to the railroads
with which the Seaway is in
competition."
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Representative Walter H.
Judd, who is also a physician,
says: “We in the healing pro
fession concentrate on improv
ing the quality of medical care.
Those who don't understand
the essentials of good care take
high quality for granted and
concentrate their attention on
trying to get more equitable
distribution. They don’t realize
that a main result of the sup
posedly better distribution u
der government management is
deterioration of the quality of
the care, until it becomes hard
ly worth distributing more
equitably.”
According to the Chamber
! of Commerce of the United
States, our government
spending has grown so vast
that in a 15-month period it
would be sufficient to buy up
everything that Soviet Russia
produced in one year, includ
ing financing the Russian
armed forces and all their
missile work.
THE AMERICAN WAY
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Strange How the V
“Liberal” Mind Works
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EGAN’S NAVY
Don’t Shoot, Uncle Bill, Nipponese Use Salmon Eggs
KODIAK FERRY
BIDS EXCEED
STATE FUNDS
All bids for the construction
of the Kodiak-Kenai ferry
have been rejected because
they exceed available state
funds, and the ferry is now be
ing redesigned into a smaller
vessel.
B. E. Lewellen, Director of
the Alaska Division of Marine
Transportation, said Philip F.
Spaulding. Seattle marine
architect retained by the state
to design the Alaska ferries,
is now making completely new
designs for the ferry to run be
tween Kodiak island and the
Kenai peninsula.
LIVE AND LET LIVE
Every little kindness you do
today makes the world a much
better place to live tomorrow.
Vital Statistics
vimberly Kay Jensen, June 14,
lbs. 9 ozs., daughter of Mr,
md Mrs. Ronald Jensen.
James Arthur Klebesadel,
rune 16. 7 lbs. 4 ozs., son of i
VIr. and Mrs. Leslie Joe Klebe
;adel,
Christopher Blaine Jones.
June 20, 6 lbs. 3 ozs., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O. Jones.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Wel
ch, June 25, a daughter weigh
ing 8 lbs. 4 ozs.
To Mr. and Mrs. James Car
son, June 24. a daughter weigh
ing 7 lbs. 8 ozs.
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ST. JOHN
LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev. R. H. Fritz, patlor
Palmer, Alosna
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Divine Service* 110O A. M.
Sunday School 9:45 A.M.
State Sells Almost $7 Million in Bonds
The State of Alaska last
week sold $6,929,000 in gener
al obligation bonds at an over
all effective interest rate of
3.38 per cent. The rate com
pares with the national Dow
Jones municipal bond yield
index of 3.37 per cent as of
Monday.
Bank of America, syndicate
co-managers with Morgan
Guarantee Trust Co., purchas
ed the two largest of the four
separate issues offered at the
sale.
Its offering of a net effective
interest rate of 3.4258 per cent
narrowly edged out the 3.4599
per cent interest rate offered
by John Nuveen and Co., Chi
cago, for the $5,500,000 ferry
and road bond issue, and its
offering of 3.2314 per cent
again topped the John Nuveen
and Co. bid of 3.2453 per cent
for $800,000 in bonds to com
plete the University of Alaska
gymnasium.
John Nuveen & Co. was suc
cessful bidder on each of the
other two issues with a bid of
2.9422 per cent on $354,000 in
hospital construction bonds
and 2.9353 per cent for the
$275,000 bush airfield issue.
Chase Manhattan Bank was
runner-up on the hospital issue
with a bid of 2.95646 per cent
and also on the airport issue
at 2.94827 per cent.
The over-all effective inter
est rate of 3.38 per cent for all
four issues compared with an
over-all effective rate of 3.79
per cent received by the State
of $13,975,000 in general obli
of Alaska last year in its sale
gation bonds.
George Nichols, director of
the Division of State Planning
and coordinator ot the sale,
said the results “are largely at
tributable to an ever-increas
ing faith by the underwriters
in the stability and fiscal res
ponsibility of the State of Al
aska.”
Nine bids were received on
the ferry bond offering from
syndicates representing virt
ually all major bond under
writers in the country. Seven
bids were received on each of
the other issues.
Included among the syndi
cate managers and co-manag
ers in addition to those men
tioned previously were: Phelps,
Fenn & Co., First National City
Bank, Lehman Brothers, A C
Allyn Co., Stone & Webster
Securities Corp.. The First Na
tional Bank of Boston, F. S.
klosely & Co., Francis I Du
Pont & Co., Bankers Trust Co..
Halsey Stuart & Co., Inc., C.
J. Devine & Co.. Chemical
Bank New York Trust Com
pany. Blyth & Co., Inc., and
Goodbody & Co.
The several offerings were
part of a $30,500,000 bonding
program
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Wasilla |
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* Rev Paul E. Riley,
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*Sun. School_10 a.m.^
| Morn. Church Serv. 11 a.m.*
*Even. Serv. _7:30 p.m.j
* Prayer and Bible
* Study, Wednesday 7:30 p.m.*
% Phone FR-6-3161
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One of the Teachings of the Baha'i Faith
The call of the Prophets to
mankind has always been that
men should open their eyes,
not shut them, use their rea
son, not suppress it. It is clear
seeing and free thinking, not
servile credulity, that will en
able them to penetrate the
clouds of prejudice, and at
tain to the realization of truth of a new revelation.
FOR INFORMATION WRITE BOX 782, PALMER.
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Keister Advertising Service,
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Sunday
17:11-19
Monday
Haiytai
Tuesday
Haggai
1:7-11
Wednesday
Malachi
3:6-12
Thursday
Ezra
3:8-13
Friday
11 Corinthiana
9:1-7
Saturday
11 Corinthians
9:8-15
Two centuries ago a glassmaker in Pennsylvania pro
vided the land for the erection of a church. But he attached
a string to his gift. Each year the congregation must pay
to him, or to his descendants, one red rose, forever.
Annually in a traditional service the members of that
church fulfil the terms of their deed. In the words of a
reverent visitor, “God’s rent is paid in coin more worthy
than man’s.”
What strange thrust of irruvgination devised such a price.
Certainly it was more than a man’s love of roses . . .
Wisely he realized our tendency to take for granted
our blessings. Fervently he prayed that we would forever
treasure the privilege of worship. Gently he reminds us
that there is beauty and happiness in every sacrifice for
the support of God’s House.
THE CHURCH FOR ALL .
ALL FOR THE CHURCH
The Church is the greatest factor
on earth for the building of char
acter and good citizenship. It is a
storehouse of spiritual values. With
out a strong Church, neither de
mocracy nor civilization can sur
vive- There are four sound reasons
why every person should attend
services regularly and support the
Church. They are: (I) For his
own sake. (2) For his children's
sake. (3) For the sake of his com
munity and nation. (4) For the
sake of the Church itself, which
needs his moral and material sup
port. Plan to go to church regu
larly and read your Bible daily.
The Following Business Establishments Are Contributing This Series of Advertisements
the Churches of Matanuska Valley
THE FRONTIERSMAN
EVAN JONES COAL CO.
A LOCAL CITIZEN
MATANUSKA TELEPHONE ASSN.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK